"YEW" 2006 Obituary

YEW o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2006-04-15 published
Suspect was all-star dunker
By Gail SWAINSON and Madhavi Acharya-Tom
YEW,
StaffReporters
His Friends called him Sprinz for his big-bounce slam dunk on
the high school basketball court.
Shelton McKENZIE, a former hoops all-star, was shot dead by York
Regional Police in Thornhill Thursday as he allegedly tried to
mow them down with a stolen pickup while fleeing a botched home
invasion.
Investigators say
McKENZIE and Kevin
HARRIS forced their way
into the posh Thornhill home of Mike and Bev
THOMPSON/THOMSON/TOMPSON/TOMSON early Thursday
and roughed up the couple.
Their terrifying ordeal came to a quick end after their teenage
son, who managed to hide from the invaders, called 911 to summon
help.
Police rushed to the scene, only to confront two men as they
attempted to drive off in the
THOMPSONs' truck.
Officers fired at the vehicle, killing
McKENZIE and bringing
the bullet-riddled truck to a stop on the lawn of a home across
the street,
McKENZIE slumped over the seat.
HARRIS, who was slightly wounded by police gunfire before running
off, was found 90 minutes later about a kilometre away.
While the victim has yet to be formally named by police, Friends
and family positively identified him as
McKENZIE.
Ontario's Special Investigations Unit, which probes all deaths
involving police, has been called in.
HARRIS, 26, of Ajax, was charged Friday with five counts of armed
robbery, 10 counts of forcible confinement and five counts of
wearing a disguise.
The charges include the Thornhill incident and home invasion-style
robberies over the last few months in Vaughan, Richmond Hill
and Toronto.
McKENZIE had attended J. Clarke Richardson high school in Ajax
in 2004 he finished second in the slam contest at the Lake Ontario
Secondary School Association's all-star games.